February 2004 Moscow metro bombing

February 2004 Moscow bombing
The location of the metro blast on the map of Moscow
Location	Moscow, Russia
Date	Friday, 6 February 2004 08:40 MSK (UTC+03:00)
Target	Moscow Metro train
Attack type	Suicide attack
Deaths	41
Non-fatal injuries	102 to 120
Perpetrators	Muslim Society No 3, led by Nikolai Kipkeyev Anzor Izhayev (bomber)

The February 2004 Moscow metro bombing occurred on 6 February 2004 when a male suicide bomber killed 41 people near Avtozavodskaya subway station on the Zamoskvoretskaya Line in Moscow. Up to 120 people were injured in the incident, some of the more common injuries being broken bones and smoke inhalation.

The blast occurred at about 08:40 MSK on 6 February 2004 at Avtozavodskaya station, on the metro system's Zamoskvoretskaya Line.

President of Russia Vladimir Putin blamed Chechen separatists for the Moscow metro attacks. Chechen rebel leaders denied involvement.

A previously unknown Chechen terrorist group claimed responsibility for the bombing; the claim came from a group calling itself Gazoton Murdash, and signed by Lom-Ali ("Ali the Lion"). According to the statement, the group launched the attack to mark the fourth anniversary of the killing of scores of Chechen civilians by Russian soldiers in Grozny in the Novye Aldi massacre.

Shamil Basayev said that for his organization, the cost was $7,000 U.S. dollars.

On 2 February 2007, Tambiy Khudiyev and Maksim Panaryin from Karachay-Cherkess Republic and Murad (Murat) Shavayev from Moscow were found guilty of terrorism and murder in connection with the explosion and have been given life sentences by the court. According to the sentence, Khudiyev and Panaryin were trained in camps in Chechnya and organized the suicide bombing under the orders of the ethnic Ukrainian Islamic militant Nikolai Kipkeyev. Shavayev, who worked as a Justice Ministry bailiff in Moscow, brought the explosives for them.